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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

News media has evolved a great deal, from newspaper to television, and from television to Internet. Online media has played a large role in taking the news to much wider audience. Business media caters to a section of the society that is interested in this kind of news.

News, as some believe, tells what's happening NEW and the NEWS word is just the plural of it. However, as per folk etymology, the word NEWS stands for all the four directions - North, East, West and South. In any case it tells us an update of what's going on.

There was no proper media for news until the 17th century, when the newspapers came into being. The typesetting technology fostered the beginning of newspapers. Before that, it were the couriers who circulated the news. With time the new media kept on evolving. In 20th century, Business News emerged as a distinct stream of news.

The technology has evolved a great deal and so has the media for news, from Paper to Television, and from Television to Internet, more advances have come in the late 20th century than the rest of the history. With the advent of Internet, News has made its reach much wider.

Business news, as the name tells, is all about the business and commerce. Today, there are dedicated news channels, newspapers, magazines and digital media groups. This section of media caters to a section of the society that is interested in this kind of news.

With business news one can get

Updates about the Stock Market: There was a time when people lost a lot of their money in stock market through ignorance and carelessness. Now, with the stream of stock market news and experts' advice on disposal, there is little chance that an updater investor would lose his/her money. News channels keep giving the updates about the trends in stock market. There are interviews with people who know as well about the markets as the back of their hands. This helps the medium and the small investor to minimize the risk while putting in their hard earned money. One also can check how particular stocks stand in the market and get instant expert advice by contacting the experts.

Information About Corporate World: These news networks keep a full coverage to what's going on in the corporate world. They keep track of all mergers and takeovers and keep interested people informed. As the goings on in the corporate world have bearing on the stock market, it is important for the people to keep themselves updated about the corporate sector.

Budget Analysis: The budget gives an idea about the government policies regarding industry. This is the reason people are interested in knowing about the government's outlook regarding various industries and budget gives enough indication. Hence, whenever the government announces the budget, there is full coverage on the TV, with complete analysis. Reactions from the common citizens are also accommodated in the budget. News channels simplify the budget report so that a common man can also understand what the budget aims for and what impact it would have on the industry.

Product/Service Reviews: Business news media provides the product/service reviews which tell us about particular products or services and advice whether they should be bought or not. These programs are very useful for the people who have little or no knowledge about new gadgets and services. More aware is the consumer, better is the service.

Business news media plays an important role in keeping the public updated about the world of business and commerce. Business news channel are usually region specific. One can easily find region information on the Internet, like Australian business news.

"Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end."

- Bill Gates, former world richest and Microsoft founder

Someone should tell Gates that bad news has surrounded him.

In Silicon Valley, "IPO" has been replaced by "pivot" as the most popular and over used word. Pivoting is changing the direction or even the product a company offers when it becomes painfully apparent that the original concept isn't selling.

Some pivots are minor, such as retargeting to new segments. Others are major, like when I assisted one post-IPO company transition from being a hardware vendor into a software supplier.

Nearly every pivot is instigated by bad news. Something within the product-to-customer pipeline gets stuck, meeting friction or outright resistance. Sometimes the product is deficient. Other times competitors outmaneuvered you. Technologies may come to the fore that possess superior value. Most of the time reaction is required due to external forces, mainly the market telling you that your product is not exactly what they need.

Other times the stickiness originates from within.

Founders can be a stubborn lot. A VC I know is fond of asking founders seeking his money "Do you want to be rich or do you want to be king?" It is an open challenge to the hungry founders that being in utter control defeats the mutual goal of earning gigabucks. Yet founders - being the original visionary and engineer - do not like handing their baby over to others, and resist when bad news shows that the baby is ugly.

Marketing departments can also create pivot-worthy stickiness. Marketers are humans, despite what salesmen think. They are often wed to inaccurate or incomplete notions about their markets, campaigns and the messages they carefully and incorrectly composed. Testing remains repugnant to some marketers, social campaigns are detouring dollars from more traditional and effective promotions, and many marketers still think lead volume is more important than lead quality.

Yet the market remains the major source of bad news. The primary places where bad news occurs, but is often under reported include:

New competition: Some forms of competition appear out of nowhere. Not toe-to-toe product competitors but different ways of doing the same thing. That Oracle is now joining the SaaS surge after deriding it showcases new competition that changed the fundament of Oracle's market.

Whole product stalls: Your whole product definition has to agree with your target segments. Some companies lose focus on their target segment and start designing the wrong product. Occasionally segment needs actually change, leaving formerly good products wanting. The product no longer fits and it might be time to quit.

Uncertainty: Markets hesitate, be it from generally rotten economic conditions (such as the last five years) or anticipation of new offerings. The bad news is silent because customers are not making decisions at all. Even a lost sale provides usable information whereas quiet inaction does not.

Mega shifts: Markets change, as Gates is learning. The PC won't die, but nobody is buying one for grandma this Christmas. Entire slabs of the PC market are disappearing into the slab market. Mega shifts are easy to see in hindsight, but Microsoft should have recognized the mobile revolution tide the moment iPhones were first released.

Shy away not from bad news. The client I mentioned before was in the hardware business and had a huge IPO. But their market was changing rapidly and their business model was disappearing faster that congressional approval ratings. They had acquired and created some software assets and made the bold decision to pivot hard. Their leadership did not fear bad news, and neither should you. Profit instead from bad news because your competitors might not.

The net worth rich companies are called blue chip stocks in the market, they are always in the news on Business News. Gillette, Microsoft, Wall Mart and Citigroup are some of them, which usually outperform the market expectations.

These companies are reported for their sales, marketing strategies, product launches, global investments and profits & losses. Each of these can trigger a rally, push the market indices and generally add to economic prosperity. Business News also provides the government's perspective of the economy, which in turn helps the investor to weigh the risk as per the market sentiment.

Not many can read between the lines of Finance News flashed or published in the media. It's an art in itself. The knowledge of going beyond the text to know what is really happening in the market or in the economy or with a stock requires an analytical mind. Suppose you read a banner headline of Facebook to launch a mobile device in the midst of Facebook IPO crisis, a discerning reader need to ask, is it a diversionary tactic employed by the smart PR or is it truly a new development that will enhance the market value of the scrip. Questions like these are hidden in most of the news items that we see in Finance News.

What role do the latest stock market updates play in the life of an average investor? Does it matter to him when stock market declines? Does it matter when stock market shoots through the roof?

The question becomes especially important in light of news items appearing in press - investor lost millions as markets decline by 200 points- which show the mass effect of the rise and fall of the stock markets.

A speculative investor gets directly affected by these fluctuations; however a committed investor books a notional loss. The latest stock market updates in a sense gives an approximate valuation of the holdings we have thus helping to assess our future investment strategies.

The latest stocks news carry news item such as quarterly results, stock analysts ratings, trader's recommendations and stock quotes . It also has features such as opening and closing stock rates, a yearlong individual stock data and the news of major global indices such as Dow Jones, Nasdaq, London stock exchange etc. Latest stocks news narrates the status of global economy and indicates future growth prospects for an individual investor.

Stock market news is a communication about the latest happenings in and around stock markets.

An investor gets to know the market trends through this medium upon which he places orders for buy and sell. In a way, stock market news feeds the market sentiments.

Most active stock is followed by the investors for their capacity to propel the bullish or bearish sentiments in the market. Most active stocks are the most preferred for they pay back the value in both the phases.

Analyst ratings are a re-commendatory feature which suggest the credit worthiness of a given stock in the market. Every investor keeps an eye on Analyst Ratings for they are based on the market positions taken by the big funds and wealthy investors.

Sam Richard Nicholson is a freelance writer and finance adviser, in this article he is centering on reading Market News daily to catch the regular market updates, which indeed helps in better decision making while investment in market. Importance of Stock Analyst Ratings, updates on Most Stable and Active Stocks, news from different stock exchanges. An investor can sound market trends and can follow his marketing strategies on product launches, global investments and profits & losses.

If you think about it you can see that the news media has been evolving for some time. Business news was once only available in a newspaper, that changed when television arrived on the scene. Now we have the world wide web at our fingertips. For those that need to stay current as far as business is concerned, the Internet has ensured that information is just a click or two away.

By definition the word 'news' refers to the four points on a compass. This is rather interesting, because many people simply assume it to mean something different. However, its purpose is to keep the masses informed of what is going on in the world around them.

In the early days there was no way of providing news to the public. Thanks to the invention of the printing press newspapers and business magazines came into being. Over the decades and centuries since, the news media has continued to grow and expand. Today, business news is a vital and distinct branch of the news in general.

Even with all the advances that the news media has enjoyed over the years, none have come so dramatically and quickly as those that have occurred in the latter half of the 20th century. This is thanks to the phenomenal rise of the Internet, which ensures that the news reaches the widest audience ever.

Business news concerns all things business and commerce related. Nowadays one can make use of more than just business magazines, because there are whole channels devoted to this branch of the news media.

What Does Business And Commerce News Include?

1. Stock Market Updates - Lack of information means you cannot make smart and informed decisions, which is why many used to lose a lot of money in the stock market. In our modern times, stock market news is always available, along with expert advice and constant updates.

2. Corporate World Information - This means that the public can be kept abreast of what is happening in the corporate world as well. Everything is covered so that interested parties are kept well informed. After all, corporate happenings affect the stock market, so it is vital that people can be kept current as far as developments are concerned, whether these are mergers, takeovers, etc.

3. Analysis Of The Budget - Knowing what the government is doing regarding the different industries is very important. When a budget is made known it will be covered on television, in the print media, and online. So that the common man can follow what is going on, the information is presented in a simplified form, especially on television.

4. Product And Service Reviews - Business news also covers the reviews of different products and services. For those of us who are not clued up with all the latest gadgets out there, this information is very useful in keeping us aware of what is hot, and what is not. The same is true of services that are offered.